Extracts from Chap. IX. of the By-Laws of the Academy in regard to the puMication of the Journal. 



Art. III. It shall be the duty of the Committee to receive all such papers as have been pronounced 

 worthy of publication by the Academy, to have them published as early as possible, and to follow in 

 the publication, as far as practicable, the order in which they have been reported on. 



Art. IV. No author shall be permitted to make any other than verbal alterations in a paper while 

 in the hands of the Publication Committee, without the consent of the Academy, and the Committee 

 are not authorised to make any alteration in a paper committed to them, without the consent of the 

 author. All alterations proposed, (other than verbal,) must be read to the Academy. 



Art. V. Drawings shall be considered the property of the individual who furnishes them, and 

 shall be returned when called for. 



Art. VII. Where doubts arise as to the expediency of furnishing plates to an essay, the Committee 

 shall as soon as possible report the case to the Academy. 



Art. VIII. Ever}' author shall be entitled to an extra copy of the number or numbers in which his 

 paper appears, and on timely application to the Committee he shall be entitled to twenty extra copies 

 of his paper at the Society's expense. 



Art. XI. The Publication Committee shall be authorized to exchange the Journal for any work 

 which they may deem of sufficient value. 



Art. XII. No copy of the Journal shall be presented to any individual or Society, except by 

 special resolution of the Academy. 



